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Wednesday, 28 September 2016

It was a real pleasure to be
part of the Higher Education Fairs at both Birmingham Met and Stourbridge
College. Many students displayed significant interest in pursuing a career in sport
and a degree at UCLan! Andy Sprake had the pleasure of meeting students from a
wide variety of educational backgrounds and career aspirations, ranging from
teaching physical education and coaching to outdoor leadership and setting up
their own business in the sports market. Many of the stands were representing
their respective universities as a whole, whereas the UCLan stand was
representing the School of Sport and Wellbeing. This intrigued several other
members of staff at the event and they were only too happy to welcome us as a
division!

Here are some students showing an interest in
a career in Sports at Stourbridge College.

Colleagues from within the
School also attended the fair at Birmingham Met.

Here we see Andy Sprake with Chris
Eastabrook from The Outdoors and Denis Pressler from Sports Management.

The team are always keen to come out to schools individually, attend careers advents or welcome schools to visit the university. If we can be of any help, then please do not hesitate to contact Dean Hardy on DHardy2@uclan.ac.uk or 01772 894428.

Wednesday, 21 September 2016

The
Sports Studies induction week has started with a bang and the students have
been fully engaged in a variety of activities. The second day saw students
working with the Frontier Education Team at the UCLan Sports Arena saw the new
first year students engaging in team-building, co-operative learning and
problem solving activities, all in an outdoor context.

This
provoked some early, and very encouraging, discussions about learning styles,
teamwork, the value of group dynamics and the importance of group cohesion for
successful learning. A particularly interesting talking point was sparked by
the idea that the quietest learners could in fact have the loudest minds. PE
Associate Lecturer Andrew Sprake highlighted his pleasure at the engagement of
the students stating “This was a fantastic experience for all and it was
pleasing to see the professionalism that these students approach the day’s
activities with. This clearly was a very promising start from our newest
arrivals at UCLan!”

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UCLan Sports Studies

The UCLan Sports Studies programme provides students with the opportunity to develop a range of skills and experiences which ensure upon graduation they are equipped to adapt and secure roles in a range of related sectors.